Uh oh. Winter's Coming.

re: Uh oh. Winter's Coming.

Kim C. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:35:04 GMT

My horses have been fuzzing up for about two weeks now. I'm in Northwest Jersey and the cool weather is here. My two older horses, one 22 yr.old Thoroughbred and a 26 yr. old Thoroughbred/Cleveland Bay cross, are very fuzzy. My other two Thoroughbreds a 6yr old and a 4yr old that I bought off the track last year to reschool are not very fuzzy at all. I'm not sure why that is but as I would have expected the thinner skinned TB's to be sprouting hair at will when the weather turned. I have enough hay til next summer but I do need to waterproof my blankets. Thanks for the reminder Scot!! I really hate winter. Everything is so much more difficult to do. Oh well. Here we go again!!

re: Uh oh. Winter's Coming.

mz — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:02:14 GMT

Wusses! (from a Canadian -- I can say that even though I'm only from Toronto)

Re: animals: my cat is getting fatter already. I'm going to tell the vet it's because all the Americans are saying it's going to be a bad winter (and not because we feed him too much -- he's sort of a little Orca at this stage and it has just turned into Fall!)

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sophiekea — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:56:58 GMT

I heard its supposed to be a miserable winter and the horses at Aqueduct are growing some fuzz already. Brrr. Time to go to Florida!!

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MEH — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:32:12 GMT

Our local weather person claims a cool, wet summer usually means a mild winter. BUT if your animals are already starting to fuzz, expect a cold winter. I live a couple states north of Kentucky and our animals getting an early winter coat has always been the most reliable sign of a bad winter ahead.

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WMT — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:25:09 GMT

My bunch started to fuzz out a week or so ago. It seems to happen overnite! One morning they are shiny and the next time you look it's like they've gotten darker and fluffy. My pony started a couple of weeks before them. I wonder if he knows something the others don't.

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catnip lane — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:12:20 GMT

my weanlings have been growing hair for a couple weeks now. I'm prepping them for the Nov sale and its been frustrating because it was way too warm to blanket them. I think I can blanket them now :-) At least for a couple days!